2005 Report on Elijah Project

ORIGINAL GOAL: 10,000 Voice of Youth Evangelistic Campaigns

CAMPAIGNS TO DATE: 19,853

An evangelistic opportunity for Adventist young people to become actively involved in preaching God’s Word.

600,000 Youth involved

While this is not a comprehensive report on what is happening, we will attempt to give you a glimpse of what is going on around the world.

EAST CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION

–Number of Campaigns 304 –Number of Youth Participants 17,657 –Number of Baptisms 11,869 Number of New converts not yet baptized 2,585 These converts will be baptized at the next baptism.

EAST CONGO Number of Campaigns 25 Number of Youth Participants 698 Number of Baptisms 237 EAST AFRICAN Number of Baptisms 213

ETHIOPIA Number of Campaigns 100 Number of Youth Participants 261 Number of Baptisms 216 RWANDA Number of Youth Participants 11,200 Number of Baptisms 4,936

TANZANIA Number of Campaigns 82 Number of Youth Participants 2,127 Number of Baptisms 1,766 WEST CONGO Number of Campaigns 96 Number of Youth Participants 3,351 Number of Baptisms 3,201

–Number of Campaigns 1 –Number of Youth Participants 20 –Number of Baptisms 1,300 NORTH EAST CONGO ATTACHED TERRITORY

EURO-AFRICA DIVISION

ROMANIA In Romania 469 youth preached. There were 292 sites between

Here is an example of the outstanding things that are happening as a result of the Elijah Project.

Adi preaching at a meeting

A 15 years old, ADI BASAG preached four full successful campaigns. In his second campaign he made an appeal for baptism. While people were gathering in front of the hall he went down from the pulpit and joined them, not to pray for them but to declare that he was also going to be baptized.

Adi the preacher at his own baptism

EURO-ASIA DIVISION

REPORT NOT YET IN MEETINGS TO CONTINUE INTO 2006

INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION

CARIBBEAN UNION CONFERENCE OPERATION ELIJAH 1 January – May, Churches conducted Youth and Pathfinder Crusades; Total number of souls – 568 in Operation Elijah Phase 1

CARIBBEAN UNION CONFERENCE OPERATION ELIJAH 1I 3 rd & 4 th Quarters 2005 The DVD campaigns will be launched in the 3 rd and 4 th Quarters in Operation Elijah Phase 11

Pastor Dixon from Manchester in Central Jamaica Conference baptizes an Elijah project campaign attendee.

Young people listened as youth pastor, Christopher Harvey, preached to them in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

WEST JAMAICA CONFERENCE About 102 persons were baptized in West Jamaica Conference between mid-June 2004 and May 2005.

NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION

STILL HOLDING TRAINING SESSIONS MEETINGS TO CONTINUE FALL

NORTHERN-ASIA PACIFIC DIVISION

Number of Youth Participants 1,343 Number of Youth attendees 6,009 Number of Baptisms (Korea) 212 Number of Campaigns 114

SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION

10,207 CAMPAIGNS TO DATE 10,660 YOUTH PARTICIPANTS 9,876 BAPTISMS TO DATE

The 2005 campaigns will end in September. At that time we expect to baptize more than 40,000 people division-wide. SPRING BAPTISM

In the NORTH EAST BRAZILIAN UNION MISSION 1,632 youth participated in Evangelism programs. This project will be finished in October, at which time we will have the final results.

YOUTH STUDYING THE BIBLE

Small History involving young evangelists: Campaign of youth evangelism in Lautaro – South Chile Conference Results: 35 people baptized. 17 in the first baptism in September 2004, and 18 people baptized in the second baptism on April new church established.

Small History involving young evangelists cont’d. In the summer of 2004, a group of thirty young people from Lautaro Church, in southern Chile accepted the challenge to evangelize a new area. The leader, Noemi Sarabia, was helped by pastor Juan Fernandez, and organized the youth for this missionary work. They followed exactly all the instruction they received in an empowering youth seminar offered by the Conference Youth Ministries Department. In September of 2004 they concluded the meetings and baptized 17 people. The local church helped buy the property to build a church. In the first quarter of 2005, the youth again evangelized the area, baptizing eighteen more people.

BOLIVIA UNION MISSION BOLIVIA UNION MISSION HELD MEETINGS FOR FOURTEEN NIGHTS. Number of Youth Participants 1,772 Number of Baptisms 1,600 Number of Campaigns 121

Bolivian Union youth participants

As fruit of the work and influence of these groups during the months of April, May, and June 1,600 persons were baptized.

East Bolivia Mission Number of Youth Participants 676 Number of Campaigns 63

West Bolivia Mission Number of Youth Participants 944 Number of Campaigns 49

Central Bolivia Mission Number of Youth Participants 152 Number of Campaigns 9

SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISION

To begin in May 2006 The rest of 2005 and the beginning of 2006 have been set aside as the training season. The implementation will commence in May 2006

TRANS PACIFIC UNION MISSION The team of youth directors in the Trans Pacific has already been introduced to the project and a similar training exercise will be conducted at the headquarters in the month of November. AUSTRALIAN UNION CONFERENCE and NEW ZEALAND PACIFIC CONFERENCE Training for the two above Unions will also take place in October and November respectively will see a major thrust in youth evangelism in the South Pacific

SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISION

Number of Campaigns Number of Youth Participants Decisions for Christ Number of Baptisms ,434 48,525 14,142

We will however, take a little time today to look at what God has done through the youth of Angola. This is their first national youth congress since the war ended. A war that lasted over 30 years.

Angola Over 300,000 church members in Angola worship in 873 churches. 85% of the SDA membership in this country is under 30 years old. Angola ran their meetings for just three months.

Over 300,000 church members in Angola worship in 873 churches. 85% of the SDA membership in this country is under 30 years old. There is a Pathfinder club in almost every local church. Many non- Adventist join the church through these clubs.

Angola Union Number of Campaigns Number of Youth Participants Decisions for Christ Number of Baptisms 60 16,490 31,494 5,310

Mozambique Union Number of Campaigns Number of Youth Participants Decisions for Christ Number of Baptisms ,

Zimbabwe Union Number of Campaigns Number of Youth Participants Decisions for Christ Number of Baptisms 126 1,153 2,309 1,891

Malawi Union Number of Campaigns Number of Youth Participants Decisions for Christ Number of Baptisms ,061 1,161

Indian Ocean Union Mission Number of Campaigns Number of Youth Participants Decisions for Christ Number of Baptisms 95 6,458 3,

Botswana Union Number of Campaigns Number of Youth Participants Decisions for Christ Number of Baptisms

South Africa Union Number of Campaigns Number of Youth Participants Decisions for Christ Number of Baptisms

Zambia Union Number of Campaigns Number of Youth Participants Decisions for Christ Number of Baptisms 103 2,553 7,775 3,804

SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION

Southern Asia Division Number of Campaigns Number of Youth Participants Number of Baptisms ,700

Southeast India Union Number of Campaigns Number of Youth Participants Number of Baptisms

Northern India Union Number of Campaigns Number of Youth Participants Number of Baptisms

Northeast India Union Number of Campaigns Number of Youth Participants Number of Baptisms

East Central India Union Number of Campaigns Number of Youth Participants Number of Baptisms ,956

SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION

Bangladesh Union Mission –Number of Youth Participants548 –Number of Baptisms159

Central Philippine Union Conference –Number of Campaigns 31 –Number of Youth Participants455 –Number of Baptisms406

TRANS- EUROPEAN DIVISION

Pakistan Union –Number of Campaigns 17 –Number of Youth Participants35 –Number of Baptisms11

Attendees at one of the youth campaigns

Candidate gets baptized at youth meeting

TED –Other Elijah projects are planned in TED during the fall of 2005 and into 2006.

WEST CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION

STILL HOLDING TRAINING SESSIONS MEETINGS TO BE HELD FALL

The youth of the Church says: Thank you very much The youth of the Church says: Thank you very much